Baby Face Nelson

George "Baby Face" Nelson (6 December 1908-27 November 1934), born Lester Joseph Gillis, was an American bank robber who was active in the Midwest during the Great Depression.

Biography
Lester Joseph Gillis was born in Chicago, Illinois on 6 December 1908, and he had a troubled childhood. At age seven, he was arrested for accidentally shooting a friend in the jaw with a pistol that he had discovered, and he was arrested for theft and joyriding at the age of 13. Nelson would work at a Standard Oil gas station as a teenager, and Nelson and some local criminals stole tires from customers and became involved in Chicago organized crime, working for Roger Touhy.

Public enemy
On 6 January 1930, Nelson stole $350,000 worth of jewelry from a magazine executive's house, and Nelson and his band of thieves became known as "the Tape Bandits" for using adhesive tape to secure victims during robberies. On 21 April 1930, he pulled off his first bank robbery, stealing $4,000 ($55,005), and he murdered his first person on 26 November 1930. In 1931, Nelson and his gang were arrested, but he escaped from the prison transfer convoy in February 1932 and resumed criminal activities throughout 1933. Nelson's new gang included Homer Van Meter, Tommy Carroll, Eddie Green, and Red Hamilton, and their gang took part in several bank robberies and shootings. After a shootout in Little Bohemia in Wisconsin, Nelson was proclaimed "Public Enemy No. 1", and he was the only surviving member of his gang by August 1934. On 27 November 1934, Nelson was tracked down to the Chicago suburb of Barrington, Illinois, and he killed two FBI agents. Nelson and a few other gangsters fought against the policemen and federal agents, and he was shot nine times, mortally wounding him. Nelson died in bed with his wife at his side that night.